Epithelium
All of the following are usually characteristics of epithelium EXCEPT __________.
a. avascularity
b. abundance of extracellular material
c. high rate of mitosis
d. tight junctions
B. Abundance of Extracellular Material
Which of the following is NOT a connective tissue?
a. Cartilage
b. Blood
c. Bone
d. Smooth muscle
D. Smooth Muscle
Which type of muscle is voluntary?
a. Skeletal
b. Cardiac
c. Smooth
d. Skeletal and cardiac
A. Skeletal
Membranes that line open body cavities are classified as _______.
a. serous
b. synovial
c. cutaneous
d. mucous
D. Mucous
Of the four major types of tissues, which type forms boundaries between different environments?
a. Connective
b. Epithelial
c. Muscle
d. Nervous
B. Epithelial
Goblet cells are found in this kind of epithelium.
a. Simple squamous
b. Simple cuboidal
c. Transitional
d. Simple columnar
D. Simple Columnar
Calcium salts are found in which connective tissue?
a. Dense fibrous
b. Cartilage
c. Bone
d. All of the above have calcium salts.
C. Bone
Multinucleated cells predominate in which muscle tissue?
a. Skeletal
b. Cardiac
c. Smooth
d. Skeletal and cardiac
A. Skeletal
Body membranes are usually composed of which two tissues?
a. Connective and muscle
b. Nervous and muscle
c. Epithelial and connective
d. Epithelial and muscle
C. Epithelial and Connective
What would a structure that has three ducts and flasklike sacs be termed?
a. Compound alveolar
b. Simple branched tubular
c. Compound tubular
d. Simple branched alveolar
A. Compound Alveolar
Which of the following is the most widespread epithelium?
a. Simple cuboidal
b. Stratified squamous
c. Simple columnar
d. Stratified cuboidal
B. Stratified Squamous
This is the most widespread connective tissue and serves as a universal packing material between other tissues.
a. Areolar
b. Dense irregular
c. Reticular
d. Hyaline cartilage
A. Areolar
The two contractile proteins found in muscle cells are __________.
a. collagen and elastin
b. keratin and myosin
c. actin and myosin
d. actin and elastin
C. Actin and Myosin
Which of the following is classified as a dry membrane?
a. Cutaneous
b. Mucous
c. Synovial
d. Serous
A. Cutaneous
Of the four major tissue types, which type is avascular?
a. Connective
b. Epithelial
c. Muscle
d. Nervous
B. Epithelial
Glands that secrete by rupture of cells are classified as __________.
a. endocrine
b. merocrine
c. holocrine
d. unicellular
C. Holocrine
Which of the following is NOT associated with cartilage?
a. Chondrocytes
b. Lacunae
c. Blood vessels
d. Collagen fibers
C. Blood Vessels
Muscle tissue can be described as __________.
a. avascular and innervated
b. avascular and noninnervated
c. vascular and innervated
d. vascular and noninnervated
C. Vascular and Innervated
During organization of tissue repair, a blood clot is replaced by ___________.
a. scar tissue
b. granulation tissue
c. a scab
d. areolar tissue
B. Granulation Tissue
Stroma consists of what specific tissue type?
a. Dense irregular connective tissue
b. Reticular connective tissue
c. Simple cuboidal epithelium
d. Smooth muscle
B. Reticular Connective Tissue
An epithelial tissue has four layers of cells. The apical layer is flat, and the cells of the basal layer are taller than they are wide. This epithelial tissue would be classified as _________.
a. simple squamous
b. simple columnar
c. stratified squamous
d. stratified columnar
C. Stratified Squamous
Which of the following cells typically cluster along blood vessels and detect foreign microorganisms?
a. Chondroblasts
b. Mast cells
c. Hematopoietic stem cells
d. Macrophages
B. Mast Cells
Intercalated discs are a unique feature of which muscle tissue?
a. Skeletal
b. Cardiac
c. Smooth
d. Skeletal and cardiac
B. Cardiac
Regeneration is highly unlikely in which of the following tissues?
a. Simple columnar epithelium
b. Bone
c. Areolar connective tissue
d. Cardiac muscle
D. Cardiac Muscle
The walls of large arteries and walls of the bronchial tubes contain which kind of cartilage?
a. Hyaline
b. Fibrocartilage
c. Articular
d. Elastic
D. Elasatic